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Side Chair from the Ward Willits House, about 1902


Side Chair from the Ward Willits House, about 1902
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1869-1959)
Oak and leather
Private Collection 1.2003
Around 1900 several important designers began using high-backed chairs in their interiors. Frank Lloyd Wright created this chair around 1902 for the dining room of the Ward Willits House in Highland Park, Illinois--considered one of Wright's greatest masterpieces.


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